Clinton and Russell
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Clinton and Russell was a well known architecture firm founded in 1894 in New York City, U.S.A. The firm was responsible for scores of New York City buildings, they designed many notable buildings, downtown and otherwise throughout the city. The two key architects involved with the firm were Charles William Clinton and William Hamilton Russell. Many of the structures they designed were in a Neo-Italian Renaissance style.
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[edit] Charles Clinton
Charles William Clinton (b. 1838 - d. 1910) was born and raised in New York and received his formal architectural training in the office of Richard Upjohn. He left Upjohn in 1858 to begin a private practice. Along with William Hamilton Russell he formed the well known architecture firm of Clinton & Russell.[1]
[edit] William Russell
William Hamilton Russell (b. 1856 - d. 1907) was born in New York City as well. He attended the Columbia School of Mines before he joined his great uncle, James Renwick, in his architecture firm in 1878.
At Columbia, Russell had been a member of St. Anthony Hall, the secret fraternal college society, and within a year of his joining his great uncle's firm, in 1879, Renwick completed the first St. A's Chapter House, at 25 East 28th Street. This was the same year Renwick completed St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York; that the prestigious master architect would design an undergraduate clubhouse was testament to the familial relation, prominence of the fraternity, or both. It also makes it highly likely that Russell was involved in design work relating to the Chapter House, under his mentor. [2]
Later, along with Charles William Clinton, William Russell formed the well known architecture firm of Clinton & Russell.[1]
[edit] Notable works
Together the architects designed numerous New York City buildings. Among the notable structure the pair designed are:
- The Apthorp Apartments[2].
- Astor Apartments[2].
- 17 Battery Place[2]
- the Beaver Building.[1][3][2].
- Cities Service Building[2].
- Curzon House[2].
- East River Savings Bank Institution Building[2].
- The Exchange Apartments[2].
- Graham Court Apartments[2].
- The Langham Apartments[2].
- The Level Club[2].
- the Mecca MasonicTemple, which is better known as New York City Center, in collaboration with the architect Harry P. Knowles[2].
- 103-104 Riverside Drive[2].
- 7 East 67th Street facade[2].
[edit] Style
Clinton and Russell designed many building which adhered to the design style of the Italian Renaissance, thus the Neo-Renaissance style.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d Beaver Building Designation Report," (PDF), New York Landmarks Preservation Commission, 13 February 1996. Retrieved 6 April 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot; AIA Guide to New York City, 4th Edition; New York Chapter, American Institute of Architects; Crown Publishers/Random House. 2000. ISBN 0-8129-31069-8; ISBN 0-8129-3107-6. p.267.
- ^ http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=5590 Central Park West Historic District], (Java), National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, New York's State and National Registers of Historic Places Document Imaging Project [1], New York State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 6 April 2007.
